Kashmir and other traumas
Kejriwal’s victory apart, for the bigger challenges ahead, the opposition appears to be in disarray.
Jawed Naqvi
Foreigners and other Indians
Modi’s idea of the Indian nation borrows as much from mediaeval Europe as from the division of spoils in the aftermath..
A movement critically poised
The threats are becoming bolder and the election commission is doing little to rein in the situation.
Satanic times, as Josh warned
For now, there is sudden optimism in the air with people looking determined
to thwart Modi’s divisive agenda.
Fighting with what one has
The Indian govt has exhausted its quota of tricks to keep the people distracted, and now they have taken to the streets.
A foul sense of entitlement
The battle to save India’s democracy from being shredded requires a focused strategy to funnel the already unleashed.
Fighting Ebola and Hindutva
Innocent students shouldn’t be beaten up and then also falsely called anti-national.
Ray of hope in dark times
New videos have emerged of ordinary Hindus vociferously rejecting the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah bias against Muslims.
Who wants Modi’s charity?
Disrupting lives woven into the fabric of India on religious and ethnic grounds points to a brazenly divisive agenda.
Has Modi lost the plot?
The Modi-Shah pair has sparked a fire that now threatens to singe them and engulf the country.
Jaya Bachchan’s way
Ms Bachchan could look at the evidence that in societies where male dominance eases, the incidence of sexual violence
From the rubble of Ayodhya
The Babri Masjid verdict should have brought succour to the government’s cheerleaders, but it hasn’t.
Seen Birnam Wood moving?
India’s rulers are plunging the knife every day into the heart of a trusting democracy that gave them their unbridled
From ‘severe’ to ‘very poor’
The Delhi Met Bureau may have actually made a deeply philosophical observation.
Sacred thread of the soul
Sikhs who have endeared themselves to Nanak’s world of fraternity include excellent men and women.
Did the top court legalise India’s quest for a theocratic state?
Jurist Faizan Mustafa sees the verdict as weighing in favour of religion over facts.
Kashmiris and Indian Muslims
A recent JUH statement effectively endorsed the abrogation of Kashmir’s autonomy.
As Gandhi commits suicide
Yogi Adityanath and his 20th-century forebears crushed the spiritual pantheon into rubble.
Of chocolate-cream soldiers
The human dilemma of the soldier has been discussed intellectually at length.
Between Wuhan and Chennai
It is not quite clear why Chennai was chosen as a venue for the informal summit between Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi.